The hidden hit makers: how indie singers become pop songwriters
Still only 28, Irish singer-songwriter Ruth-Anne Cunningham (who performs as Rooty) has spent a decade writing songs for artists including Britney Spears, Pixie Lott and One Direction. But she estimates that under 10% of her thousand songs have been …
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Giorgio Moroder Feels the Love From Britney, Sia, Gaga & Kylie
In 1975, Giorgio Moroder, the legendary producer and songwriter and one of the inventors of disco, created quite the stir (not to mention a dance floor juggernaut) when he convinced diva-in-training Donna Summer to record a marathon of moans for “Love …
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Soulful Miami singer does it her way
But the 24-year-old Miami-raised singer and songwriter had three qualities to lift her out of that dead-end cycle: a vivid musical imagination, a singularly soulful voice and a combination of grit and naivete. Which have brought her to the exceedingly …
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